How To Install libcgi-pm-perl on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcgi-pm-perl on Debian 11.
What is libcgi-pm-perl
libcgi-pm-perl is:
CGI.pm is a Perl module that provides classes useful for creating Web forms and for parsing their contents. It defines CGI objects, entities that contain the values of the current query string and other state variables.
There are three methods to install libcgi-pm-perl on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libcgi-pm-perl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libcgi-pm-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcgi-pm-perl
Install libcgi-pm-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcgi-pm-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcgi-pm-perl
Install libcgi-pm-perl Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libcgi-pm-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcgi-pm-perl
How To Uninstall libcgi-pm-perl on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libcgi-pm-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcgi-pm-perl
Uninstall libcgi-pm-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcgi-pm-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcgi-pm-perl
Remove libcgi-pm-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libcgi-pm-perl configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcgi-pm-perl
Remove libcgi-pm-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcgi-pm-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcgi-pm-perl
Dependencies
libcgi-pm-perl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcgi-pm-perl package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
